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Kedemoth

Named in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Joshua 13:18.

In the Bible

All 2 verses in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Joshua

  • Joshua 13:18

    Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

  • Joshua 21:37

    Kedemoth, and Mephaath—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.

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